How the mag stripe can actually prevent ATM fraud

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Ironically, the same mag stripe that contains card data also holds the key to making that data useless to crooks.

GRG talks cash cycle solutions at 8th annual Global Customer Exchange

October 14, 2013

The subject was streamlining the cash cycle as GRGBanking hosted its 8th Global Customer Exchange Sept. 23–25 in Guangzhou.

NCR, Automatia team up to ensure ATMs dispense cold, hard cash

October 14, 2013

Finnish winters can be brutal, with temps falling as low as 22 degrees below zero — extreme cold that can be problematic when it comes to keeping the…

How the mag stripe can actually prevent ATM fraud

At the ATM & Mobile Executive Summit in late September, Mimi Hart, CEO of MagTek Inc. (and a recent winner of the Most Influential Women in Payments award)…

Put your trust in cash

by Brendan Burge

One of the great benefits of traveling as much as I do is the privilege of meeting people. I am rarely disappointed when I strike up a conversation with a…

EAST records drop in ATM card fraud, increase in explosive attacks

October 14, 2013

The European ATM Security Team has reported a 32 percent increase in ATM-related fraud attacks, despite a 9 percent fall in card skimming incidents. The…

Old National Bank adds Aperio for cross-channel management

October 14, 2013

Old National Bank, an Evansville, Ind.-based FI with $9.6 billion in assets, has added the Aperio suite of solutions from Fiserv. The software provides the…

Why is cash recycling an issue that's not all for one, but one for all?

by Richard McMurdo — Principal Consultant, Talaris

The other day I ran a series of workshops for a major bank regarding a project affecting a number of different customer touch points. Given the wide-reaching…

SmartMetric promises rollout soon for fingerprint-activated payment card

October 11, 2013

SmartMetric Inc., a developer of fingerprint-activated payment and ID cards, is in "advanced stages" of preparation for the release of a fingerprint-activated…

Mexican ATMs fall prey to new cyberattack

October 11, 2013

Mexican ATMs have become the target for physically installed malware called "Ploutus."  The malware was designed to take over the ATM at the software level and…

Study: Mobile close to equaling ATM as preferred banking channel

October 11, 2013

The popularity of mobile banking continues to grow, according to a recent study by the American Bankers Association. A survey of 1,000 U.S. adults revealed…

First Data posts September US SpendTrend report

October 11, 2013

First Data Corp., a provider of electronic commerce and payment processing services, has released its SpendTrend analysis for Aug. 31 through Sept. 30…

Beware the 'evil twins' of Wi-Fi

by Robert Siciliano — speaker, IDTheftSecurity.com

For most travelers, finding a reliable Wi-Fi connection is usually a priority. While a mobile 3G/4G hotspot connection satisfies some, it doesn't compare to…

ATM and Mobile Executive Summit 2013: The business case for ATM-mobile integration

Mobile-ATM capability could become an important strategy for FIs in attracting and retaining customers, expert panel says.

ATM & Mobile Executive Summit 2013: the Durbin dilemma

Just when the U.S. payments industry was getting close to a common solution to its unusual quandary of how to enable network choice for EMV transactions, along…

ATM & Mobile Executive Summit 2013: Payment trends

Where retail card technology goes, ATM card technology goes. In a Sept. 25 panel discussion, "Retail Payment Trends," Marisa Mann, director of client delivery…

Bank Fraud Protection: Staying One Step Ahead of the Fraudsters

As fraud becomes a more complex and widespread problem, banks must find more proactive means to defeat criminals and protect customers.

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UBA to deploy 450 Wincor Nixdorf CINEO ATMs

October 10, 2013

United bank for Africa PLC and Computer Warehouse Group PLC, a Pan-African systems integration company, have signed an agreement for the deployment of more…

Teller fees on the rise, but at what cost to FIs?

by Jim Ghiglieri — Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, SHAZAM

With more consumers doing their banking via apps and websites, some financial institutions are looking at in-person transactions in a new light. Specifically…

NCR APTRA debuts in Africa

October 9, 2013

Today at the ATM Industry Association Africa Chapter conference, NCR Corp., in collaboration with Bytes Managed Solutions, its exclusive distributor in South…